XIV 



January 14, 1867. 

 President Horn in the Chair. 



Twelve members present. 



The following donation to the Cabinet was announced : — 

 Forty-one specimens of fourteen species of Coleoptera, (Eleodes sulcipewnis, 

 E. consobrina, Ccelocnemis obesa, C. dilaticollis, Cratidus osculans, Cononotus scri- 

 cans, Cysteodemus armatus, Lytta smaragdula, L. vulnerata, Tegrodcra erosa, Ar- 

 hopalus eurystethus, Tctraopes mancus, T. oregonensis, Chrysochus cobaltinus,) from 

 Geo. H. Horn, M. D. 



The following donations to the Library were announced : — 



Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Vol. V, No. 2. From the Institute. 



Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. Achtste jaargang, 1, 2, 3 Aflevering, 1865. 

 From the Socictc Entomoligiqm des Pays-bas. 



Particularitez remarquables des Sauterelles qui sont venues en Russie. Ex- 

 trait de deux lettres ecrites a Monsieur l'Abbe de Saint Ussans. Pamphlet 4to. 

 From Charles H. Hart. 



From Rathmcll Wilson : — 



The British Hemiptera, Vol. I. — Hemiptera-Heteroptera. By Douglas and 

 Scott. London, 18(55. 8vo. 



Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 4 ser. Tome 5. Trim. 4, 

 1865. 8vo. 



Iconographie et description de Chenilles et Lepidopteres inedits, par P.'Mil- 

 ,liere. Tome Deuxieme, Livr. 4 et 5. 



The following papers were presented for publication in the Proceed- 

 ings :— 



" Notes on the habits of a few Californian Coleoptera. By George 

 H. Horn, M. D.'' 



"Some observations upon Phodaga alticeps. By George H. Horn, 

 M. D." 



"On Eusechus lacerta. By George H. Horn, M. D." 



"On Rhagodera tuberculata. By George H. Horn, M. D." 



And were referred to Committees. 



The following letter, addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, and 

 dated Philadelphia, December 12, 1866, was read: — 



Dear Sir : — Enclosed you will receive* six Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, of 

 the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company, of one thousand 

 dollars each, which you will please present in my name to the Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia at its next meeting, to be held in Trust by the Society 

 as a Publication Fund, the income derived from the same shall be exclu- 

 sively applied to the publication of the authorized periodical Publication of the 

 Society, which may be issued in octavo form. 



Should a change in the investment at any time be deemed advisable, the So- 

 ciety are fully authorized so to do, conditionally, that the reinvestment be 



